Review: A Darker Blood (Verado` #1) by Jennifer Lawrence

A cocktail of romance,
passion, and blood lust greet Nicole Silverson as she ventures to the
sun-drenched Mediterranean island of Crete.

Nicole has a passion for the paranormal, and it’s that passion that prompts a stay in the wild party resort of Malia.

In
her quest to gain information and make new friends, she falls in with
several of the town’s bar-staff and night-workers. After witnessing the
gruesome death of two strangers, Nicole becomes unwittingly initiated
into the secret society that her new friends tried to spare her from.
She becomes a Véradó —a mortal, willing to sustain a coven of vampires
with her blood.Within the spellbinding walls of an ancient courtyard bar
named Zeus Xenia.

Marshall is the vampire dominating a coven of
four. He is strong, proud, respected, and feared. His motives are never
questioned and his loyalties are fathomless. Nicole becomes his Véradó
and the compulsion drawing her to him tests his self control to its
lethal limit.

Having spent my life in the
heart of England, I am truly English to the core and love to embrace all
of the traditions this country has to offer.

After spending ten
years working in digital imaging, imagery has come to mean everything to
me and I try to get that across in my storytelling.

Next to
writing, my other great passions are amateur photography and very
amateur ghost hunting. My husband, kids, and cats keep me on my toes,
but when I do get time to myself, I love to light a few candles, relax,
and immerse myself in my writing.

I needed a new vampire novel
to sink my teeth into and this was a pretty good one.

I loved the
setting if Crete - the beaches and the partying. I did become a little
exhausted with the alcohol consumption though. With the characters working at a bar, you'd think they'd get tired of drinking. That's literally all it seemed they did. Drink, party, lay out on the beach, and then hang out with the vampires. Ha. When I put it that way, it actually sounds pretty nice, right?

This isn't your usual
vampire novel. Yes, they drink blood. Yes, they're insanely attractive.
They're mysterious and dangerous. They have a secretive side. The cool
thing-they can walk in another realm where the dead souls are. They don't do it often but it does come in handy a time or two.

I liked
Nicole's character but I have to admit that Marshall and a few others
seemed a little flat. Anna was by far my favorite character. Their characters didn't seem to have much... Much dimension or attitude. They just seemed like they were on "cool" constantly. Even despite that, I liked them. It sort of worked for them but I would've loved to have seen more spunk or life (yea, they're vampires but you know what I mean) from them.

The events leading up to the ending made me all
teary eyed but I did like the ending. It took me completely by surprise. I mean, I had some series gasping moments there in the last handful of chapters.

The mystery aspect was a great
distraction that I liked as well. It was kind of a like a side story that went along with the main one. I was constantly thinking about "who, what, why..." in the back of my mind.

Overall, it was a good read & if you're in need of a new vampire novel, definitely grab this one.

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